really don t want to be reconciled to, as they would see it, business as usual or as some others might see it, governing the country. and you already had some people complaining about scalise. again, a very conservative guy. as steve says, a representative of the culturally conservative south. nonetheless, you have had people complaining he took the republican study committee, this group of conservatives, and made it much more amenable to the leadership. so he s already played this bridging role in his position in the republican study committee. so it wouldn t surprise me if you have some you know, the far right, if you will, of the republican caucus complaining about him in about a month or two. yeah, and on that point, you mentioned earlier, eric erickson, a conservative blogger, he said look, steve scalise worked behind the scenes to marginalize conservatives.
again, a very conservative guy. as steve says, a representative of the culturally conservative south. nonetheless, you have had people complaining he took the republican study committee, this group of conservatives, and made it much more amenable to the leadership. so he s already played this bridging role in his position in the republican study committee. so it wouldn t surprise me if you have some you know, the far right, if you will, of the republican caucus complaining about him in about a month or two. yeah, and on that point, you mentioned earlier, eric erickson, a conservative blogger, he said look, steve scalise worked behind the scenes to marginalize conservatives. he has turned the once much heralded republican study committee into a toady group for house leadership.